Garment-supporting means for wardrobe trunks



Feb. 10 1925. 1,525,446

W. H. HARRISON GARMENT SUPPORTING MEANS F OR WARDROBE TRUNKS Filed Jan. 18, 1924 l\ \II\ \x v zlwwntoz Quoting Patented Feb. T10, 1925.

UNITED STTES WADE H. HARRISON, F PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA.

GARIQIENT-SUPPORTING MEANS FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS.

Application filed January 18, 1924. Serial No. 687,050.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WADE H. HARRISON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporting Means for lVardrobe Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to the art of wardrobe trunks and has more particular reference to the garment supporting means employed in conjunction therewith, the primary object of the invention being to substantially improve and simplify over devices of this general character.

An additional object of the present invention resides in the provision of a garment supporting means for wardrobe trunks of either the hinged or rigid end type wherein the same may be removed as a unit from the trunk and associated with means positioned within a closet or the like, whereby the garment-s may be conveniently supported therein after the traveler has reached his destination. T

A still further object of the invention is to provide means of the above character wherein the garment hanger supporting elements per so may be extended outwardly from the trunk after the same has been opened for thereby permitting ready access to be made to different articles of apparel that are necessarily closely related when the trunk is in its closed position.

Yet another object of the invention resides in the provision of a garment supporting means for wardrobe trunks wherein the garment hanger supports per se'may be so manipulated as to allow the easy positioning of the garment hangers thereon.

With the above and other objects in view as the nature of the invention will be better understood, the same comprises the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the different views,

Figure l is a fragmentary vertical trans verse sectional view through a conventional type wardrobe trunk equipped with my irnproved garment hanger supporting mechanism.

Figure 2 is also a fragmentary vertical sectional view, taken upon the line 2-2 of v Figure 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows for disclosing in front elevation, my improved clothes hanger supportlng mechanism.

Figure 3 is detail vertical sectional view through one of the bracket members a pair of which are secured in spaced relation to one of the walls of the inner side of the door of a closet whereby certain of the elements of the present garment hanger supportin mechanism may be entirely removed from the wardrobe trunk and placed within the closet after the traveler has reached his destination, and

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of one of the walls on the inner side of a closet door showing said pair of brackets secured thereto.

First having reference to Figures I and 2, wherein there is disclosed the application of my improved garment supporting mechanism for wardrobe trunks, the type of trunk employed in this instance includes a relatively large casing 5 open at its upper end and equipped at this end with a well known form of hinged lid6 it being also well known that the front wall of this casing is hinged at 7 to one of the side walls thereof whereby the same may be readily opened for allowing the clothes to be removed from or positioned within the trunk.

My invention per se embodies the provision of a sheet metal strap 8 that. is SB". cured through the medium of rivets or the like, to the interior of the casing 5 and specifically the rear wall thereof and this at the upper open end of said casing, said strap being formed at its opposite ends with forwardly extending portions 9 that [it closely against the side walls of the casing and are also secured thereto through the medium of rivets or the like.

Adjacent its opposite ends the strap 8 carries a pair of vertically arranged metallic plates 1010 to which are secured the inner ends of forwardly extending horizontally arranged hollow metallic arms 11 that terminate short of the front wall of the casing 5 of the wardrobe trunk. Each of these hollow arms is formed at its bottom wall with a longitudinal slot of relatively elongated nature 12 Figure l, which terminates slightly inwardly of the front end of said hollow arms.

Freely slidable upon each of the hollow arms 11 is a similarly shaped relatively long hollow tube13 that co-operates with the; hol low arm 11 for providing a rigid supportfor a number of the conventional type clothes hangers 14:. i

The front closed end of each of the hollow tubes 13 carriesavertically arranged stopplate 14: for limiting the sliding movement of the clothes hangers'in an outward di e-c: tion upon the support thus provided, wl lie the rearends of said tubes are formed with vertical lugs 13- tor engaging-the clothes hangers and'drawing the same ontWardlv-et Y bolts 17-17,' it being noted from a con;

sideration ot-Figure 1 that the lower side of each Off thesehollow tubes is provided with openings registering with he upper open. ends of said" guide tubes 16-l6 where by said'latch'bolts may be forced therethrough and also through the slots 12 in the hollow arms 11-11 and this throughthe mediumof-coiled springs l8-18-for preventiligin one instance an initial sliding movement otthe hollow tubes with respec to the hollow arms, and in another instance the total disengagement of said hollow tubes with respect to the hollow arms.

Eachhor" the latch bolts 17 is provided at its lower end with a laterally extending lug 19 that extends outwardly through a slot in the respective guide tubes 16. These projecting lugs are adapted to be engaged by the front ends of pivoted finger actuated levers 20 and 21;

From the foregoing itwill at once be apparent that after the lid 6' and front hinged wall of the trunk have been opened, the garments'carried by the hangers l i be moved outwardly of the trunk by actuating the foremost finger levers 21 which will thereby retract the latch bolt 17 at the front.

side of the trunk, after, which, the hollow tube 13 maybe moved outwardly upon the hollow arms 11.

Uponmne of the-walls or the inner side of the door of a closet of a hostelry or other place where the traveler is stopping, there is secured a pair of spaced brackets 2222, Figure 4-, the central portion of each being pressed outwardly for spacing said central portions from the wall or door oiithe closet and allowin nendantnieta-l fin ers 2323 carried by theinner ends ofa hollow-tube 13 to be engaged therewith whereby the clothes may conveniently supported upon said hollowtubes through the medium otthe clothes hangers T o It will thus be seen that l have provided a highly novel and'eiiicient garment-hanger supporting mechanism for wardrobe trunks and one that will answer all of the purposes above ascribed as well as meeting with all ofthe requirements "for a successful commercial use.

Minor changes may be made in the invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended 1 cl aim.

Having thus described my invention, What l'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A hanger support-comprising telescopic arm sections, means torsupporting the inner;

arm section and located at one end thereof,- said section havingat' its opposite end a beveled surface, said section being provided between said supporting means and said beveled surface with longitudinally dispose-d slot, and a plurality otspaced bolts carried by the outer arm section and engageable in the slot of the inner arm section and adapted to en water the beveled surface of the inner arm section successively as the outer arm section is moved with relation to the inner arm section.

In testimony whereof- I afiix my signature.

WADE H. HARRISON 

